Regulating cars and buses in cities: The case of pedestrianisation in Oxford

Parkhurst, Graham

Abstract

Debates about whether traffic regulations that limit car use will enhance or hinder a particular urban economy are complex and often emotive. The present article considers evidence from the implementation of a radical traffic restraint and pedestrianisation scheme in Oxford in 1999. The most important achievement was a 17% reduction in car trips to the centre, which did not affect overall visitor numbers. The local economy did though experience a period of difficult trading around the time of implementation.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2003
• Journal: Economic Affairs
• Print ISSN: 0265-0665
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-0270
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 16-21
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0270.00410
• Keywords: public transport, pedestrianisation, Oxford
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1069842
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-0270.00410